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Pick Your Own Apples will are now open for the 2026 season!
Please be sure to call our Pick-Your-Own Hotline at 860-349-6015 for the latest picking conditions and updates, or check out our Facebook page for daily updates. Please note that since we had an early Spring this year, we are expecting our apple season to end around late October. Picking will also be more in the back of the rows, there will be more walking to find apples.
Our Pick Your Own Apple trees are nestled on 200 acres of Pick Your Own fruit orchards and fields overlooking the scenic Connecticut River Valley. We have one of the largest apple orchards in Connecticut. It's no wonder why Lyman Orchards was voted Connecticut's Best Pick Your Own Farm and the Nation's Best Apple Orchard for 2025!
Pick Your Own Apples
If you're looking for a fun way to spend a day in Connecticut, a visit to Lyman Orchards PYO Apple Orchards is the perfect destination for a wholesome, fun, family-friendly getaway! And because we grow so many varieties of fruits, it's worth the trip! The Apple season lasts for 12 weeks (mid August-mid November) and traditionally overlaps the Peach season (mid July-Late September) and the Pear Season (mid August - late September).
For the best PYO apples experience, be sure to check our Facebook Page for daily updates, and read our pick your own tips
$16.00 for a ½ peck bag
$26.00 for a peck bag
$47.00 for a ½ bushel bag
Lyman Orchards has 30,000 apple trees spread over 100 sprawling acres. We grow 30 varieties of apples. Some of our early season apples include Ginger Gold, Early Mac, Ruby Red (Free-Red), Paula Red, Empress, and Sunrise. Other varieties include, Gala, Jonamac, McIntosh, Cortland, Honey Crisp, Macoun, Spencer, Liberty, Fuji, Jonagold, Empire, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Ida Red, Crispin, Cameo, Rome, Braeburn, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, and Ever Crisp.
Like our peaches, our apples are Eco-certified, grown using agricultural methods that preserve and protect our orchards’ ecology. Click here to learn more about eco-certified.
Apple picking is a great family friendly activity!
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There are so many tasty ways to include these nutritious fruits into your breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert!
Spend a morning or afternoon apple picking at Connecticut’s Sweet Spot®, Lyman Orchards in Middlefield, CT
View Our Apple Varieties Availability Chart
While apple picking season is generally considered to be in the fall, each variety essentially has its own little “mini-season.” So keep checking the Pick Your Own hotline 860-349-6015 for updated “what’s picking” news and don’t miss out on trying each variety – you may just discover some new favorites!
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32 Reeds Gap Rd
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6000
700 Main Street
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6031
70 Lyman Road
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6033
105 South Street
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6015
🍎🍑🍐Pick your Own update for Tuesday, September 15th:
We’re picking Apples, Peaches, Pears, Asian Pears, Pumpkins, Squash Flowers, Summer Squash, and Raspberries from 9AM-4:30PM. The supplies are excellent. The Apple varieties are McIntosh, Gala, and Cortland. The Peaches are yellow fleshed and freestone. We are in the last few days of the Peach season so don’t delay. The Pear varieties are Red Bartlett and Bosc, and Shinseiki, Hosui, Twentieth Century, and Niitaka Asian. The Pumpkins are carving.
The Corn Maze is open this afternoon from 1-5:30 PM. The theme of this year’s Maze is 250 Years of the USA. Admission Price for the Maze is $12 for ages 13 and older, $7 for ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and under. $1 of every ticket sold is donated to the American Cancer Society, and $.50 of every ticket sold is donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation.
PYO Apple, Peach, and Pear Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag
PYO Pumpkin Price:
$8 for small
$11 for medium
$14 for large
$17 for jumbo
PYO Squash Flower Price:
$11 per quart container
$32 per 4-quart container
PYO Raspberry Price:
$8 per pint container
$14 per quart container
Price includes the cost of the container. We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.
Bonus Today: Summer Squash is free when you purchase Squash Flowers.
We are picking in two areas today—follow the signs to the PYO locations.
Be sure to visit the Apple Barrel Farm Market after picking and navigating the Maze.
With PYO purchase customers receive a coupon for 50% off a small soft serve ice cream cone at the AB Creamery. The offer is good on the same day of picking. Limit 4 per receipt. ... See MoreSee Less
Psssst! Just a lil Monday fun fact: THE PUMPKINS ARE READY!! Here at Lyman Orchards you can now Pick Your Own Pumpkins or swing by the Apple Barrel Farm Market to get yours! Who's ready for FALL?! 🍂🎃 ... See MoreSee Less
🍎🍑🍐Pick your Own update for Monday, September 14th:
We’re picking Apples, Peaches, Pears, Asian Pears, Pumpkins, Squash Flowers, Summer Squash, and Raspberries from 9AM-4:30PM. The supplies are excellent. The Apple varieties are McIntosh, Gala, and Cortland. The Peaches are yellow fleshed and freestone. We are in the last few days of the Peach season so don’t delay. The Pear varieties are Red Bartlett and Bosc, and Shinseiki, Hosui, Twentieth Century, and Niitaka Asian. The Pumpkins are carving.
The Corn Maze is open this afternoon from 1-5:30 PM. The theme of this year’s Maze is 250 Years of the USA. Admission Price for the Maze is $12 for ages 13 and older, $7 for ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and under. $1 of every ticket sold is donated to the American Cancer Society, and $.50 of every ticket sold is donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation.
PYO Apple, Peach, and Pear Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag
PYO Pumpkin Price:
$8 for small
$11 for medium
$14 for large
$17 for jumbo
PYO Squash Flower Price:
$11 per quart container
$32 per 4-quart container
PYO Raspberry Price:
$8 per pint container
$14 per quart container
Price includes the cost of the container. We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.
Bonus Today: Summer Squash is free when you purchase Squash Flowers.
We are picking in two areas today—follow the signs to the PYO locations.
Be sure to visit the Apple Barrel Farm Market after picking and navigating the Maze.
With PYO purchase customers receive a coupon for 50% off a small soft serve ice cream cone at the AB Creamery. The offer is good on the same day of picking. Limit 4 per receipt. ... See MoreSee Less
🍎🍑🍐Pick your Own update for Sunday, September 13th:
Due to the rain we are delaying opening PYO and the Maze until this afternoon. We’re picking Apples, Peaches, Pears, Asian Pears, Squash Flowers, Summer Squash, and Raspberries from 1-4:30PM. The supplies are excellent for all except Peaches. The Peach supply is very limited and while supplies last—the remaining peaches are at the ends of the rows so there is a bit of walking. The Peaches are yellow fleshed and freestone. The Apple varieties are Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Gala, Cortland, Jonamac, and Blondee. The Pear varieties are Red Bartlett and Bosc, and Shinseiki, Hosui, Twentieth Century, and Niitaka Asian.
The Corn Maze is open from 1-5:30 PM. The theme of this year’s Corn Maze is 250 Years of the USA. Admission Price for the Maze is $12 for ages 13 and older, $7 for ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and under. $1 of every ticket sold is donated to the American Cancer Society, and $.50 of every ticket sold is donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation.
PYO Apple, Peach, and Pear Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag
PYO Squash Flower Price:
$11 per quart container
$32 per 4-quart container
PYO Raspberry Price:
$8 per pint container
$14 per quart container
Price includes the cost of the container. We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.
Summer Squash is $1 each.
We are picking in three areas today—follow the signs to the PYO locations.
Be sure to visit the Apple Barrel Farm Market after picking and navigating the Maze.
Horse Drawn Wagon Rides, Roaming Trackless Train Rides, and Circle K Petting Farm are cancelled today. ... See MoreSee Less
🍎🍑🍐Pick your Own update for Saturday, September 12th:
We’re picking Apples, Peaches, Pears, Asian Pears, Squash Flowers, Summer Squash, and Raspberries from 9AM-4:30PM. The supplies are excellent. The Apple varieties are Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Gala, Cortland, Jonamac, and Blondee. The Peaches are yellow fleshed and freestone. We are in the last couple of days of the Peach season so don’t delay. The Pear varieties are Red Bartlett and Bosc, and Shinseiki, Hosui, Twentieth Century, and Niitaka Asian.
The Corn Maze is open from 10AM-5:30 PM. The theme of this year’s Corn Maze is 250 Years of the USA. Admission Price for the Maze is $12 for ages 13 and older, $7 for ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and under. $1 of every ticket sold is donated to the American Cancer Society, and $.50 of every ticket sold is donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation.
PYO Apple, Peach, and Pear Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag
PYO Squash Flower Price:
$11 per quart container
$32 per 4-quart container
PYO Raspberry Price:
$8 per pint container
$14 per quart container
Price includes the cost of the container. We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.
Summer Squash is $1 each.
We are picking in three areas today—follow the signs to the PYO locations.
Be sure to visit the Apple Barrel Farm Market after picking and navigating the Maze.
Harvest Music Festival and Beer Garden on the grounds of the Apple Barrel this weekend. Portion of proceeds supports St Jude Children’s Hospital. Horse Drawn Wagon Rides and Roaming Trackless Train Rides are running both Saturday and Sunday. ... See MoreSee Less
🇺🇸On this 25th year remembrance of 9/11, we honor the lives lost, remember the heroes who answered the call, and pay tribute to the courage, sacrifice, and unity that followed. We will never forget.
#NeverForget ... See MoreSee Less